OTTAWA—Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree says he made “misguided” comments after a leaked audio recording reviewed by the Star reveals him claiming Mark Carney’s government is forging ahead with the Trudeau-era gun ban and buyback program because of electoral pressures from Quebec, despite stringent opposition from provinces, police and gun owners across the rest of the country.

It was one of many revelations made in a roughly 20-minute back-and-forth about the plan between Anandasangaree and his tenant, who lives in a Toronto residential property owned by the minister. The tenant, who is a frustrated gun owner, recorded the conversation discreetly because they were discussing issues at the home before the minister began talking about the buyback scheme.

At one point, Anandasa

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